Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Potential increase in coastal wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise suggested by considering hydrodynamic attenuation effects

  • José F. Rodríguez,
  • Patricia M. Saco,
  • Steven Sandi,
  • Neil Saintilan,
  • Gerardo Riccardi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16094
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Predictions of coastal wetland response to sea-level rise often neglect attenuation effects due to vegetation and infrastructure. Here, the authors show that including attenuation effects improves prediction of wetland evolution and suggests increases in wetland vulnerability to sea-level rise.